Boards and Commissions Conference Room
Meeting No. 02-05
February 22, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Stan Klein, Acting Chair
Alice Filemyr
Alan Levine
Jon Oberg
Amy Rosselle Guest: Rob Ocelyn, Twinbrook Commons Resident City Staff: Katherine Kelly, Larry Marcus 1. Review and Approve Minutes a. Minutes from the January 2005 meeting were not prepared so there was no approval.
2. Staff Report and Updates a. Staff Report (Weekly) b. Town Center Capacity Study Update c. Noise Study Update
3. Twinbrook Commons Development a. Staff mentioned that both the Twinbrook and Rockville Pike neighborhood plans are in progress, and that lists of traffic and pedestrian/bicycle improvements may be recommended during development of those plans. b. Staff clarified that the $3.1 million required from the developer for improvements will not be used in its entirety during the development of Twinbrook Commons. $1.8 million will be used and the remainder will reserved for improvements that are identified during the development of the City’s Master Plan and neighborhood plans. c. Commissioner Filemyr requested clarification on the proposed mitigation #17 to re-stripe the northbound exclusive thru lane to be a shared left/thru lane (i.e., there are two existing left-turn lanes—what would serve as the receiving lane for the additional left turn). Sandra Marks will reply via email d. Commissioners requested clarification on the difference between mitigations #14 (Add second WB left, restripe WB Rollins) and #20 (Re-stripe from E. Jefferson to Rockville Pike). Staff clarified that #14 refers the intersection, while #20 refers to the length of E. Jefferson. e. Commissioners asked why mitigation #13 (at MD355, Rollins, and E. Jefferson, add a WB right. Re-stripe WB Twinbrook Pkwy; look at possibility of WB left) had not been implemented during development of Putt Putt (aka Rollins Ridge). Staff explained that this was requested during development review of Putt Putt, but that MD SHA replied that the development was too small to request such a major change. Staff is requesting SHA to revisit the request with Twinbrook Commons development. f. Commissioner Oberg asked what WMATA is doing to provide access to Twinbrook Commons and nearby activity centers. He requested input from others on the idea of decreasing the size of the proposed multimodal center and directing funds toward an underpass (MD355 at Halpine) instead. Commissioners reached consensus that they supported this idea. g. Commissioner Klein noted that the existing pedestrian crossing button at Congressional South (MD355 and Halpine) is not very accessible. Staff responded that they will look into this problem. h. Commissioners agreed that as a next step Commissioner Oberg is tasked with writing a draft memo to Mayor & Council outlining support from the Commission to redirect JBG funds (reducing the size of the Twinbrook Commons multi-modal transit center or making it part of WMATA's station redesign), designate a portion of TDM fees, allocate transportation mitigation funds from Twinbrook Commons, and require contributions from future nearby developments in the Twinbrook area, toward a future underpass at MD355 and Halpine Road.
4. Additional Items for Discussion a. Staff asked the Commission to think about future coordination with the Rockville Bike Advisory Committee, especially with regard to Safe Routes to School planning.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. | 
